X-Men: Days of Future Past (Final Trailer)

-GJ

X-Men: Days of Future Past Opening Scene

If those silver pieces of garbage are supposed to be the Sentinels, then we are already highly disappointed with this film.

-GJ

To The Comic Book Store #119

Heavy rain kept most people away and there just weren't any new comics that I actually wanted this week :(

So without further delay here's what was picked up from the free bin this week...

-GJ

Image of the Day: Magneto And Sentinel

Today's image provided by Deviantart user: Livio27

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Image of the Day: Epic Handshake

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Comic Review: Exiles #70

Writer: Tony Bedard

Penciler: Paul Pelletier

Inkers: Rick Magyar w/ Hennessy & Meikis

Colorist: Wil Quintana

Letterer: Dave Sharpe

Distributed: Marvel (November 2005)

Ripped from their separate realities the Exiles, Blink, Sabretooth, Mimic, Morph, Beak, and Heather Hudson, now travel from reality to reality partaking in near impossible missions to save each reality from certain destruction.

During the start of the Exiles' adventures they were just tossed around from reality to reality on a whim. Now though they have managed to take control of Crystal Palace; an observatory outside of time and space that allows the Exiles to move amongst the different realities at their choosing.

First stop Beak's reality, Earth #616...

Home is not as Beak had left it. When ripped from Earth #616 beak had a wife and children. Now that he's returned home he has discovered things are no longer as they were. His wife Angel has no memory of him and is acting very weird, and his children have never been born. The roles amongst humans and mutants have also been reversed; mutants are now the norm and humans or "sapiens" are second class citizens scrimping by and fighting for survival.

On this world, Magneto is King and commands the governments of the world. The usual diabolical Sentinels are only used to protect all citizens in this reality; not their usual hunt those who aren't the norm and destroy.

When we join the Exiles, Beak is wallowing in self pity that Angel no longer remembers him. Mimic tries to comfort him but only manages to upset Sabretooth. While Mimic and Sabretooth argue and pull the rest of the team's attention away from Beak, Beak catches a glimpse of Angel through a crowd of sapiens and takes off after her. However things don't go as planned for Beak when Angel swoops down out of nowhere and kidnaps him. Morph sees and points out the abduction to the rest of the team, but before they can follow a female human appears and stops them from pursuing, claiming she has information they need.

After leading the Exiles to a sapien center the female finally reveals herself to the Exiles; her name, Moira MacTaggert.

Moira explains of her son Kevin and his rare mutation that caused her to watch her son decay in front of her eyes. Moira tried to reverse the mutant gene in her son, but King Magneto stopped her for her "cure" could potentially be the undoing of mutant kind. Moira fled and is now the most wanted sapien on planet; her son Kevin also escaped the Sentinels sent to bring in Moira, and he himself has now found a way to aid his mutation problem...

Going by the name MutantX, Kevin, will now seek out other mutants and take over their bodies, draining them until they are useless and then moving on to the next. MutantX's current host body, yep you guessed it, it's Angel.

The discussion with Moira is interrupted however when several Sentinels come barging into the center from below. After a brief battle the Exiles come out on top. And now decide they need to find Beak quickly and stop MutantX before he chooses to feast on the body of their friend.

The issue ends with the Exiles finding their way into a warped reality and coming face to face with MutantX in Angel's body; all the while Beak hangs upside down and unconscious.

If you're a fan of different types of X-Men comics then Exiles is one you should check out. The characters are ones you will be mostly familiar with or at least have heard of, though the only thing in this case is to remember that the Exiles are from different realities and traveling through different realities, so don't expect them to be just like the versions in your favorite X-Men comics.

Exiles #70 had a great story, was paced well with action and information, and crisp artwork to boot. This one should find it's way to your reading list. (Note: issue #70 is part 2 of 3, so you may want to pick up #69 and #71 as well).

-GJ

Image of the Day: Magneta

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To The Comic Book Store #67

GOT FREE:

PAID FOR:

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To The Comic Book Store #62

GOT FREE

PAID FOR
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Image of the Day: Marvel's Baddies

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To The Comic Book Store #52

FREE

PAID FOR

Galactus Pictures Found On Tumblr

Here's a pair of pictures I found on tumblr.com and just had to share them.

-GJ

X-Men First Class (Movie Review)

Okay I hate to admit this, but I actually liked X-Men First Class. I know shocker.

First I was sure I should just skip this movie; I mean Stan Lee didn't make a cameo so that's like gotta be a bad omen or something, right?

Well I sucked it up, saw it, and am glad that I did.

For an everyday movie it was fantastic. A good story, quality characters, and a fairly good amount of action, what more could the every day movie goer want?

Now for those of us that are X-Men fans, or comic book fans just in general, you must first go into this movie thinking of it like a new comic series, forget about the other four X-Men movies, this one has nothing to do with that storyline.

Yes we do get glimpses of a few of the younger versions of those characters, and even a cameo from a fan favorite, but alas this is a separate storyline.

First Class gives a very good back story to each character, and provides an opportunity to see Charles Xavier / Professor X and Erik Lehnserr / Magneto as friends and partners working towards a common cause.

An awesome cast was also selected to bring our favorite characters to life. James McAvoy (Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Lehnserr) and Kevin Bacon (Sebastian Shaw) are fantastic at bringing their characters to life.

First Class contains a good amount of action, and is well paced. Meaning situations don't feel forced or rushed just to get everything in in the run time allotted.



Any true fan will appreciate the time and effort put into this movie. So if you have yet to see X-Men First Class I thoroughly recommend that you do.

For those that have seen X-Men First Class, what did you think?

-GJ

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Do It Yourself - Magneto Helmet

You know you want to do this too.

-GJ

To The Comic Book Store #25

Trips to the comic book store are always entertaining. This week though, it's the employees that looked like the fools.

Why you may ask, well you see there is this little movie called Priest (out May 13th) that a customer asked if they had the comic for that it was based off of and nobody knew what he was talking about. Ok yes Priest was a graphic novel and not a comic, but four store employees (including the "comic specialist") never even heard of Priest. Sorry but that's sad.



Okay so now for what I picked up this week...

FREE

PAID FOR

Well that's if for this week, any questions?

-GJ

To The Comic Book Store #19

This week's run to the comic book store was quite an experience. Half the store was torn apart because they are preparing for their booth at Megacon this weekend, and because school is out for spring break the place was mobbed with kids.

But we came away with a good stash and here it is...

FREE

Magneto #1

PAID FOR


-GJ

To The Comic Book Store #11

WOW!! Apparantly everyone decided that the last Wednesday in January was the best time to make all their best new releases. Had $50 in gift certificates to Coliseum of Comics and still had to drop $25 of my own money.

And here is what we came away with...

FREE

Crimson Dynamo #s 1 and 4

Dead Corpse #s 1 and 3

Fury #5

The Craptacular B-Sides #1

Warhammer Monthly #s 51 and 52

PAID FOR

Age of X: Alpha (One Shot)

Magneto (One Shot)

Star Wars: Darth Vader And The Lost Command #1 of 5

Star Wars Legacy Volumes 8, 9, and 10

The Fantastic Four #587 (THREE)

Uncanny X-Force #4

Well that's it for this week. Hope you come back and see us. - GJ

To The Comic Book Store #7

Well here's a shocker, we actually got this post up the same day we ran to the comic book store, we are so proud of ourselves right now.

Anyways...without further BS, here is what we picked up this week...

Free

Magneto #1

Manhunter #17

Marvel NEXT! Livewires #3 of 6

Megacity909 #s 2&3

Squadron Supreme Saga

Titan A.E. #2 of 3

And that's it for this week; hope you enjoyed your visit and come back soon. - GJ